Sonic the Hedgehog

Voiced by Jaleel White

Big Eater: He is a complete glutton when given the option. In fact, he thinks about food so much that he screws up a mission based on time-traveling back to the palace in the past, so he and Sally can warn King Acorn about Robotnik's impending takeover, because he throws off the time-travelling MacGuffin by starting to daydream about his uncle's chili dog shop.

Fatal Flaw: The number of times his cockiness has almost gotten him killed…

Flanderization: His arrogance and recklessness come at the cost of his competence a lot more in the second season, more than half the episodes revolve around him causing a problem by rushing into things. His initially more playful rivalry towards Antoine also became flat out naked contempt, to the point where he is rarely able to even look at Antoine without bursting into snide insults. Other traits were effected, though were usually more a case of Depending on the Writer.

Fragile Speedster: He's extremely quick and agile, but he doesn't have a lot of power. There's a reason the most iconic team on the show is him (speed), Sally (brains) and Bunnie (brawn).

Idiot Hero: Is fairly Book Dumb and often needs Sally's guidance in missions. He has notable showings of resourcefulness however.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sonic can be incredibly arrogant and frequently butts heads with the other Freedom Fighters (usually Sally or Antoine, even if the latter usually deserves it). He is altruistic to a fault however and in his reckless enthusiasm, he is only looking out for others.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Although hardly the only one who does so, his overconfidence, impulsiveness and ego often leads him to make mistakes that threaten or even ruin a plan to oppose Robotnik. Perhaps the best example of this is in "Blast to the Past", where he can't focus on the time and place they intend to Time Travel to in order to Set Right What Once Went Wrong, resulting in the complete failure of the mission and creating a Stable Time Loop.

Right Way/Wrong Way Pair: Usually the Wrong Way to Sally's more cautious and meticulous approach, especially in Season Two.

Smug Super: To the point that more than a few villainous schemes were designed to manipulate his ego. Sonic is genuinely competent and heroic, however he has no problem constantly bragging about it. In the second season, he would even screw up missions due to his overconfidence.

Took a Level in Dumbass: While not completely dumb, this version of the character was noticeably more idiot prone than other incarnations, and more reliant on other teammates strategising for him or clearing up his errors, especially after the aforementioned Flanderization.

You Already Changed the Past: In the time-travel episode "Blast to the Past," it is shown that present-day Sonic is responsible for both the loss of most of Snively's hair and Robotnik's roboticized arm.

Tails

A young fox who was born with two tails. He can use them to fly by twirling them.

Voiced by Bradley Pierce

Adaptational Wimp: Even more so than in AoStH; he is consistently victimized in the few occasions he has any focus in the series.

Adorably Precocious Child: Desperately wants to prove he can be trusted with the responsibilities of a full-fledged Freedom Fighter, but he's not competent enough to pull it off.

By-the-Book Cop: Was constantly trying to keep Sonic in line and endlessly chastised him for taking risks or going outside plans, regardless of whether or not it worked. Whether or not this was justified varied (especially in the second season, where Sonic made increasing fumbles and put the team in danger). She had her own careless bouts at times however.

Foil: Largely to Sonic, her meticulous and cautious personality contrasting Sonic's spontaneous and reckless persona. Both share a similar arrogance and ego that only fuels their bickering more. Also to Bunnie, but less so.

Jack-of-All-Stats: Sally is the tactician for the Freedom Fighters, she is also a hacking and computing expert, has almost as prominent mechanical skills as Rotor and frequently acts as a Team Mom. The only thing she seems inept in is physical power.

Missing Mom: While we know her dad is trapped in the Void, what happened to her mom is never mentioned. It's implied her father may have been a widower in the Time Travel episode.

Modest Royalty: As she herself puts it: "In the Great Forest, such titles are meaningless."

Not So Above It All: Though usually Only Sane Woman to the other Freedom Fighters, Sally could prove rather arrogant and fallible odd times. This more commonly happened in the first season. Also keep in mind it is often her that insists on bringing Antoine along with them to missions.

Only Sane Woman: Definitely has traits of this in season 2, especially when frustrated by Sonic or Antoine.

Wet Blanket Wife: Downplayed case. Sally's humorless, uptight and constantly on Sonic's back for showing off, but in a dystopian world where his recklessness often risks getting him robotocized or worse by an sadistic Evil Overlord, she's usually in the right to.

Women Are Wiser: While she has some shortcomings, comparatively, she is almost always Sonic's moral and intellectual superior.

Antoine Depardieu

Berserk Button: He will not let you get away with mangling French cooking. Especially if you try to make escargot... with margarine.

Butt-Monkey: All kinds of bad things happen to him, and it's all played for laughs.

Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: He has a French accent, tends to speak with near-French syntax, and has stereotypical "Frenchy" attitudes... and is a coward, a bungler, and the worst fighter in the group.

Child Soldier: He acts so much like a professional (if ineffectual) soldier that it's hard to remember he's supposed to be the same age as the rest of the group.

Considering they are all teens or close in the present of the show, and it is shown in the time travel episode that they escaped as children, its more likely Antoine was slated to be trained as a royal guard, and might have even been in the cadet program when Robotnik took over, his cowardliness could stem from his lack of training, but in honor of the position he would have had, he goes along with the others on missions to protect the Princess, as he is the closest they have to a royal guard now. This is backed up by his over protectiveness of Sally in season one, and somewhat by the coat, and the boots he wears that seem a bit too big on him....was he playing dress up at the time of the attack?

Flanderization: He was originally rather pompous and cowardly, but had some amount of lucidity and nobility. By Season Two however he is more or less a full time Straw Loser for Sonic, barely able to spend five seconds without saying or doing something stupid or narcissistic and acting like a full blown Dirty Coward.

Freak Out!: Antoine has one hell of a freakout in "The Odd Couple" where he is forced to share his house with Sonic for a night.

Rotor the Walrus

Voiced by Mark Ballou (Season 1), Cam Brainard (Season 2)

Ambiguous Disorder: Well, as much as they could get away with in a kids show, but Rotor prefers being alone and spends a little too much time on his niche, inventing things. His vocal inflections and overall social behavior are somewhat off as well.

Art Evolution: While several other characters go through minor design changes, Rotor's are most evident, gradually becoming chubbier and more anthropomorphic. He goes through at least two drastic design changes throughout the show's run (once after the pilot, another during the second season).

Early Installment Weirdness: Rotor has a goofier design with a purple color scheme in the pilot episode. Similar to the Sally example this would be utilized in the comics (though actually was kept as his permanent design in that media). His design would be changed again halfway through the show's run. His personality is also a lot more buffoonish in the pilot, having more a Plucky Comic Relief role that Antoine and Dulcy would later usurp.

Remember the New Guy: She just suddenly appears in the second season premiere as if she was one of the Freedom Fighters the whole time. Much like the other Freedom Fighters, her back story wasn't given.

Uncle Chuck

Voiced by William Windom

Sonic's uncle who was roboticized when Sonic was very young.

And I Must Scream: Like all roboticized Mobians, Chuck was fully aware of everything he was doing while under Robotnik's control, but was unable to stop himself.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: He was the original inventor of the roboticizer, which was made to help old people live longer. Unfortunately, it had a side effect of wiping their minds clean and they had no will of their own, which is why Robotnik stole the idea from Chuck after he thought he destroyed the blueprints for it.

Papa Wolf: Sacrifices his well being repeatedly for the sake of Sonic and his comrades. He even stays as a spy in Robotropolis simply to help them fend of Robotnik.

Julian Robotnik

The Big Bad, responsible for overthrowing the king of Mobotropolis, and converting the city into a heavily industrialized center. He rules with an iron fist, roboticizing the entire populace in order to quell any and all rebellion.

Adaptational Villainy: Robotnik is still a villain here, but is outright monstrous compared to his video game counterpart. Also in a stark comparison to the games, here Robotnik has basically won and all Sonic and friends can do is put a stop to whatever his current plan is, or at least cripple his tyranny little by little.

Abusive Parents: Or Abusive Uncle in this case. He treats Snively like shit.

Bad Boss: Frequently takes losses out on Snively, even ones he had no direct responsibility for. He outright sentences Snively to die in their imploding lab out of fury of his final defeat in the show (ironically this act would end up saving Snively who escaped through safer means than him, while ensuring his own demise). Even in his better moods, his relationship with his nephew is not affectionate to say the least.

Bald of Evil: Naturally, there is not a single hair on his forehead. Interestingly, it seems he never had hair to begin with.

Black Eyes of Crazy: They’re black pits with ominous glowing red lights. It's directly implied they're cybernetic; the irises can light up like flashlights, as was shown in an episode when the power is knocked out and his room is plunged into darkness.

Fat Bastard: He's definitely one of the bigger Robotniks, even larger than the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog incarnation, and every single fiber of his being is incredibly repulsive.

Faux Affably Evil: He can appear to be polite and gentlemanly, but don't let that fool you. He's notorious for his skills of deception and persuasion.

For the Evulz: He gets a disturbing, almost lustful looking enjoyment every time he causes pain and suffering around him (it just makes him "tingle all over").

Hollywood Cyborg: His arm is a cybernetic prosthetic, a result of Sonic knocking him over, with his hand landing in the Roboticizer. Also, as mentioned above, it's possible his eyes are artificial as well. He also appears to have cybernetic ears.

Manipulative Bastard: Indeed! There's probably not a single character in the whole show that didn't get used by Robotnik.

In fact, his whole use of roboticized Mobians as slave workers showcases this side of him nicely. Aside from the dark practicality of turning his enemies into mindlessly loyal robot slave-workers instead of just executing them, he can then use the love and loyalty of any escaped Mobians against them. Even if they don't succumb to the urge to try and "rescue" a Robian, who will then capture them for Robotnik, the Freedom Fighters can't use more dramatic methods of fighting against Robotnik's rule. After all, everyone knows that roboticization can be undone; with that in mind, how can Mobians countenance killing their unfortunate family, friends and loved ones by doing things like blowing up Robotnik's factories, even if that would impede Robotnik's empire far more than generator sabotage and virus uploads would?

Not So Above It All: Though this Robotnik boasts a far more sinister and fearsome demeanor, he couldn't go completely without comical moments. His fear-driven demeanor throughout "The Void" in particular, though completely justified, is quite clownish.

Obviously Evil: Robotnik somehow landed a good name for himself in his early days to achieve his conquest, despite his appearance and demeanour making him less than shrewd about how truly sinister he was.

Pet the Dog: He dotes over Cluck devotedly in Season One. In Season Two, Cluck is inexplicably gone, removing Robotnik's single redeeming aspect.

Pride: While this version of the doctor is genuinely calculating and dangerous, his Fatal Flaw is still his arrogant over assurance he is invincible. As the series progresses, he starts to display more foolish and delusional aspects, and ultimately his own downfall is caused primarily by careless oversights and blunt refusal to accept any possibility that Sonic was capable of defeating him.

The Sociopath: A very chilling, and very accurate example. Robotnik only cares about himself and his empire. Everything else is just something for him to use or destroy.

Troubled Abuser: While Robotnik was never nice to begin with, a long period as Naugus' tormented underling likely only exacerbated his thrill in punishing and bullying his subordinates, especially Snively who laughed at his abuse at the hands of Naugus.

The Dog Bites Back: Beyond his implied plans to betray Robotnik throughout Season 2, culminating in him usurping Robotnik's place as ruler of Robotropolis after Robotnik's apparent death, it was planned that he would eventually team up with the Freedom Fighters to defeat Naugus and Robotnik alike for Season 3.

Enemy Mine: In the planned Third Season, according to Word of God, after Naugus deposed him and usurped his place, he would have made a reluctant partnership with the Freedom Fighters to stop the Evil Sorcerer and the returned Robotnik.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Apparently, the rush of wind from a time-travelling Sonic blasting by tore most of the hair from his head, leaving him with just a few long strands poking wildly out of his scalp.

Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Snively is a treacherous weasel whose ruthlessness only pales compared to his uncle. However in action he is a pitiful, bumbling coward that Sonic and even the highly cautious Sally have problems viewing as a serious threat. He's got a terrifying brain, but in terms of brawn, you can tell by his spindly, twig-like physique he's a pushover, and would be quite justified in calling him spineless.

Karma Houdini: Despite being Robotnik's loyal lackey, he gets away from the rift in reality that swallows his uncle, giving him the chance to take over Robotropolis himself.

Laughably Evil: Not much more pleasant than Robotnik, though far more blundering and goofy.

Laughing Mad: At the end of the finale, at which point it appears that he's gone stark raving bonkers.

Not-So-Harmless Villain: While often seen as far more pathetic than Robotnik by the Freedom Fighters, he actually gotten closer to discovering and conquering Knothole than his uncle did. In the planned Third Season he would have briefly taken control of Robotropolis, though he would ultimately lose control later on.

The Starscream: Zigzagged. He constantly grumbles over having to serve the Doctor, but doesn't actually attempt to harm him. By the Second Season he has blatantly come to resent his uncle's abuse and makes a few shrewd plans behind his back (he once attempted an attack on Knothole while Robotnik was gone, as well as making alterations to his base that would ultimately save his life when it was destroyed). He simply plays along until Robotnik is electrocuted in the final episode, then is seen donning his uncle's trademark yellow cape. He does, however, resemble Starscream in voice, especially considering his voice is done by Charlie Adler.

Sycophantic Servant: In season One, he is far less hateful towards his uncle and even seems to enjoy getting his rare praise. It's easily inferred that Robotnik's Bad Boss traits eventually resulted in a case of Broken Pedestal, causing him to hate his uncle and want to get rid of him.

Villain Team-Up: It was planned that he'd do this with Naugus in the early part of Season 3, only for Naugus to betray him.

Yes-Man: Enforced. Robotnik made clear Snively's sole purpose is to fulfil the doctor's schemes and compliment his brilliance. Any attempt Snively made at contradicting him or so much as indirectly implying his insight was not perfect tended to be met with violent rebukes.

You Have Failed Me: Robotnik attempts this indirectly in "The Doomsday Project", leaving him to die in his imploding base out of spite. Snively however had predicted as much from his uncle and had made his own methods of escape.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Following the end of the Great War, a complacent King Acorn left all the city's artillery in the hands of Robotnik, not once thinking he would use this power to overthrow him.

Naugus

A wizard from the Void. Though he was antagonistic only towards Robotnik, he was slated to become season three's Big Bad.

Affably Evil: he seems surprisingly friendly and easy-going when the Freedom Fighters meet him. However, he's just as ruthlessly ambitious as Robotnik, and willing to do anything in order to get his revenge on Robotnik.

Baleful Polymorph: He can do this to people, and enjoys tormenting Robotnik by transforming him into ridiculous shapes.

Enemy Mine: While Sonic was initially mad about being tricked into freeing him, Naugus points out that Sonic should be glad he's released since he's going to get rid of Robotnik and is even nice enough to let Sonic go back and rescue his friends from the Void. Word of God is that he'd have become more antagonistic towards the Freedom Fighters in Season 3.

Sealed Evil in a Can: Naugus spent years trapped in the Void. He finally manages to escape once, but willingly returns once he realizes that spending all those years in the Void has affected his body; If he's outside of it for too long, he begins to slowly crystallise.

The Unfettered: He wants the same thing the Freedom Fighters want: to kill Robotnik. The problem is, he will do absolutely anything to do it, with zero concern for anything that gets in his way.

Villain Team-Up: It was planned that, in the Third Season, he would initially do this with Snively (hence the ominous red eyes beside Snively in The Stinger for the show), as well as bringing along Robotnik as his tormented slave. However, he'd then betray Snively and take over himself, forcing Snively into an Enemy Mine with the Freedom Fighters.

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